Man in the Ark: Revitalizing Kazdel

"Roy, welcome back." When it was almost time to get off work, a tall yet petite figure walked in with a sledgehammer in his hand.

Mudstone took off his helmet and held it in his hands. His long silver hair was tied into a ponytail, and the bells on his headband made a crisp sound. The pair of sharp horns like small swords pointed straight up.

The petite body is still wrapped in heavy armor, which increases her original height of 1.63 meters to nearly 1.8 meters. With the big hammer in her hand, she gives people a full sense of oppression.

Before taking off the armored helmet, I would never have thought that there would be such a young and beautiful Sarkaz girl inside.

"Yes, I came back the day before yesterday. Did you miss me, Mudstone?" After sorting out the processed documents, Roy stood up and walked to Mudstone.

Originally, he wanted to hold Mudstone's hand, but after looking at the armored glove that was twice as big as his palm, Roy silently withdrew his hand and gently stroked Mudstone's face instead.

Feeling the warmth on his cheek, Mudstone rubbed it with his red eyes narrowed like a kitten.

"I miss Roy, so I have to wear this headband with me every day." Mudstone shook his head and showed Roy the headband that tied his long silver hair.

"I miss you, too. I brought you a gift from Victoria. I'll take you home first..." Roy opened his arms, hugged Mudstone gently, turned around and rolled up the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall of the office and put them into the small space.

While Roy was packing his things, Mudstone skillfully unzipped the side of the armor and slipped his petite body out of it.

Mudstone, who had left the armor, was wearing a black tight-fitting sports vest on his upper body and a pair of sports shorts on his lower body.

After removing the magic filling inside, the armor, which has been greatly reduced in size, can be folded up and easily carried on the body.

When Roy turned around again, Mudstone, who had turned back into a beautiful young lady, took Roy's big hand with her own small hand, and the tips of her crystal white ears were dyed red by the sunset.

"Okay, let's go." Roy understood what Mudstone meant, and put his five fingers through the gaps between her slender fingers and interlocked with hers. The body temperature of each other was transmitted through the palms, and the thoughts were expressed in a way other than words.

......

In a remote neighborhood, in front of the Lateran Church which was under renovation, Amiya arrived as promised with her violin.

Arturo was still sitting on the bench, her long hair blowing in the breeze, holding the bow on the strings of the black and white cello.

Sensing someone approaching, Arturo opened his eyes, and the magnificent sunset from the horizon illuminated the depths of his eyes.

"Amiya, you're here, please sit down..." Arturo had a faint smile on his face, which made Amiya feel that she was in a good mood.

"Okay, teacher." Amiya replied softly, putting down the two boxes in her hands.

"Why did you bring two boxes? Are they two violins?" Arturo asked, looking at the new boxes that Amiya had brought.

"I don't know. Mr. Roy asked me to bring this to you. He said it was for my violin tuition and he wanted to see you play it."

Amiya held the box with both hands and handed it to Arturo steadily. She was also very curious about what instrument was inside, so she leaned over to take a look.

"Want to see me play? This is the first time you've asked for something like this..."

Arturo opened the metal buckle with a confident smile, lifted the lid, and an erhu with a strong Yan style lay quietly in the box.

Arturo recognized the instrument and her smile froze instantly, because she didn't know how to play the erhu, and had only seen students from other colleges play it when she was studying music in Letania.

"Teacher, what instrument is this?" Amiya, who was still young and inexperienced, had never seen such an instrument before and asked curiously.

Arturo stretched out his hand to feel the strings and explained, "This is a traditional instrument from Yan Country. It's called Erhu."

"Erhu...is it also played by pulling the bow like the violin?" Amiya quickly discovered the similarities between the erhu and the violin, that is, both have strings and bows, and the playing methods should be similar.

"That's right, but the teacher still needs to explore the specific playing techniques. I will teach you to play the violin first..." Arturo felt that his good mood today was ruined by Roy.

We were very happy to have such a studious, cute, obedient and sensible student, and the renovation of the church was also progressing smoothly.

Roy offered to watch him play, and Arturo wanted to give him a good show.

As a result, the man gave me a erhu. I don't know if he did it on purpose. If so, it's really a bad taste...

Amiya keenly felt that Teacher Arturo's mood seemed to have suddenly turned bad, as if it was after he saw that the instrument Mr. Roy gave him was the erhu.

"It seems that the teacher doesn't like this gift very much..." Amiya frowned slightly and began to think about how to say good things for Roy to make the teacher happy.

......

On the way to send Niyan home, Roy kept holding Niyan's little hand tightly and would not let her let go.

Because they met some acquaintances of Mud Yan on the road, they saw Mud Yan walking on the street hand in hand with a man and behaving intimately, and their gossip spirits quickly burned.

After they greeted Mudstone who was passing by, they whispered about the relationship between the two behind his back.

Mudstone, who heard these conversations, felt very ashamed. He blushed and wanted to loosen his hand, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Instead, Roy held it tighter and made a more intimate gesture, kissing Mudstone lightly on the forehead in public, indicating that they were a couple.

The acquaintance who had just been speculating about the relationship between the two suddenly widened his eyes and looked shocked.

Miss Mudstone, who is usually taciturn and dull, suddenly has a boyfriend, and it seems to be His Highness Roy. It's really surprising.

Roy ignored these people's reactions. Pulling Mudstone, whose ears were burning and who lowered his head shyly, he walked quickly across the street and disappeared into the sunset.

......

On the Rhine Life Landship, Muirseth, who had finished a day's work at the research institute, returned to the dormitory and tossed and turned on the bed, his mind full of thoughts about the cup of Orange Storm that was delivered to him by mistake today.

"Is this considered an indirect kiss? I wonder if Roy has noticed..." Her fingertips brushed across her moist lips, and the mint lipstick remained on her fingers.

"Will you send it again tomorrow? I won't make a mistake this time..." Muse Seth got up from the bed, went to the desk and wrote a small note for Roy in advance.

......

The moonlight was exceptionally bright tonight. The lights in Roy's room had been turned off early, leaving only the dim night light on the bedside table.

In order to verify whether the method Nian said was useful, Roy unfolded the calligraphy and painting, covered his face with it, and lay down to try to fall asleep.

The faint scent of ink lingered around his nose, and Roy soon fell into a peaceful sleep.

She didn't even notice when the bedroom door was pushed open. Nightingale, wearing a white nightgown, poked her head out from the crack of the door.

Seeing Roy sleeping with a piece of paper covering his face, Nightingale was confused, so she tiptoed carefully to the bedside.

After poking Roy and finding no response, Nightingale slowly opened the quilt, crawled into the warm bed, and fell asleep peacefully with Roy in her arms.